Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-11-20
Ella Wheeler on the Use of Cosmet-
ics-- Should Women ArtifciaIize2
'iMade Up" Women as Wives.
How to Preserve the COmpl' xiOn-What
Causes WriEkles-Water Betrimen.
Gal to Feminine Beaufy-The
Use OF Powders-Bints for Ladies' Who
Want TO Kosp YcuDg-Suggesticns
Which, If Followed, WIN Keep
Time at Bay.
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fine, hold up their wrinkled ohins with velvet,
and pour perfume in their ears. Imagine tax
ing hold OF such putrid mass Of combustibles
and greasep
When read the above item, which has
been going the rounds of the press re-
Gently, 1 was moved to rebuke the
writer for his impertinence and ignorance,
IS well as to tell my fair sisters few
things worth knowing about the preserva-
ton of physical charms.
Many Of Us are taught by sweet, un-
worldly mothers that there is no help for
bad compilation but contented mind
no preventive for wrinkles but early
death; that only the foolish and frivolous
of cur sex call in the aid of art to assist
nature or to arrest time, and that the use
of any wash or preparation tor the skin
save cold water brings Disagreement and
premature decay in its train.
It is certainly true that the application
of promiscuous cosmetics will utterly
ruin the most durable complexion. No
man wants "made-up'' woman for q
wife, and the beauty that viii not wash is
repellent.
But every man living likes to see his
wife retain as long as possible the charms
which won him.
In Thomas Hardy's charming book,
sfThe Hand of Ethelberta," he describes
decsyeo belle, who endesvored to sup
plement nature by art, and only augment
ed her appearance OF age. "For," said
the author, "What is so suggestive of ruin
as repaiIPh
There is, however, vast amount Of
difference between preservation and re-
pair, snd positively know that with due
attention TO the important subject and
proper care, woman can preserve q
smooth complexion into mature life, or
vastly improve rough one.
Some one has said that it is great art
to know how to grow old gracefully. The
airs and furbelows of Mrs. MslGprop are
certainly not becoming to mature life, and
the bloom of the apple blossom is not ex-
pected on the fruit; but the great msiOr-
itY OF women to-day look older than their
years warrant, because they have not
known or have neglected the very simple
methods of preserving themselves.
City women who keep pace with rapid
life and turn the night into day, still re-
tain their youth longer than their coun-
try sisters, who live natural, healthful |
lives. The former study how to perpet-
uate their charms; the latter accept their |
decay as inevitable. Time is an ogre ever |
ready TO destroy the beauty which does |
not offer resistance.
Many young people lay the first founda-
ton for 6 wrinBled forehead by the care
less habit Of lifting the eyebrows when
looking at any object above the level of |
the head. recall many Gliding when
q cnlIu from my mother on this score,
which I appreciated later in life.
Perfect composure of the features IN
der all phases of emotion not only indi-
Gates good breeding, but also insures q
protracted youthfulness OF outline.
The habit of contracting the broWs
over hard lesson soon wears one or
more perpendicular lines between the
eyes, which assists to age the face later
on. Every unnatural grimace expressive
Of anger or annoyance, amusement or
mirtR, is foe to youth and beauty.
Every unnecessary contortion of the face
in laughter is an advance agent for
wrinkles.
I do not refer to those cunning little
peek-a- boo lines which fit about the eyes
of some mirthfuI people. They do not
disfigure or age any face; but mean the
twistings and writings of the features
which many nervous persons indulge in
TO accent GnelF mlrLls
once read DCok in which the author
claimed to have discovered the reason
why so many beautiful faces were always
TO be found ameng the Sisters Of Charity
and the nuns. He said it was in great
measure due to the daily habit Of COM
pc sing the features in long hours of med
itation snd prayer. Unmarried by con-
tending emotions, they were gradually
moulded into harmonious outlines.
The most expressive face is not the one
which writhes or sgonizes with every
sorrowful feeling, or twists end squirms
with every amusing sensation; it is
rather the one which retains a calm ex-
terrier while the strongest emotions of the
soul play upon it with their lights and
shadows.
The face should be the smooth curtain
on which the heart exhibits its varied
pictures without disturbing it, not
the stsge which requires the shift
ing of scenery for every act.
The msiority of women wash their
faces too frequently. There is no fabric
which would not become dingy, discol-
ored and roughened If soaked in water
half dozen times during the day and
then exposed to the cold of winter or the
heat of SKINNER. Just so it is with the
human skin. Dust or soil is quite as
readily removed from the face by fra
giant Iold cream or, better still, an ep-
plication of the delicious ALMOND meal.
Some years ago gained knowledge of
this wonderful and simple toilet Access
sorry. Since then 1 have sung its praises
TO many ladies, and do not hesitate to
say that I have seen marvels resulting (
from its use. I
Any lady can procure and crush the
common almonds into q PUPPY meal for
her own purposes, or any druggist can
prepare them. The face should be moist
ened with water, and q thimbleful of the
meal rubbed thoroughly into the pores.
It leaves the skin as soft as velvet, with
8 fne, impreceptiole, and fragrant oil,
which is the best wrinkle preventive IN !
the world.
Itleaves the face kissable and sweet |
too, and not Il the least greasy. ANY I
man who had ever detected suspicion
OF toilet sosp about the perfume of his
wife's cheek, am sure would ind the (
almond odor far more pleasing. Il
know lady past fifty who says the {
condition of her absolutely unlined and |
delicate skin is entirely due to the semi
daily application Of almond meal for (
twenty years.
/ think the rubbing it necessitates is
beneficial also. have seen malicious
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